Improvement in fruit-driers



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GEORGE W. RINEHART, OF NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT-DRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,452, dated June 4,1878; application filed April 24, 1878.

7 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. RINEHART, of New Philadelphia, in thecounty of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fruit- Drying Devices; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, andto the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in fruit-driers adapted to be usedupon cookingstoves.

It consists in certain peculiarities in the construction of anadjustable heat concentrator, which may be set either out from or closeto the main casing, for purposes hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of the complete device. Fig.2 shows the heatconcentrator removed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4is the heat concentrator, and Fig. 5 shows a modification of the mode ofconstructing and applying the heat-concentrator.

a is the main casing, of ordinary construction, having the removableshelves at, door a and the openings a and damper a, as shown. It hasformed through one of its sides a series of openings, a through whichthe heat passes from the concentrator. It has affixed to its upper endan apron or flange, a, which sets out slightly from, and extendsdownward over, the upper end of the perforated side I).

b is the heat-concentrator, constructed with the wings I) b, the Wing bbeing hinged so that it will turn with the door a Its upper end, when itis closed in against the casing a, slips up under the apron a as shownin Fig. 1, and when it is extended or set out from the casing its upperend is flush with the under edge of the said apron, as shown in Fig. 3,and it is provided with the air-inlet holes b When closed up against thecasing it may be held by hooks or other suitable fastenings.

In Fig. 5 is shown a modification in the mode of constructing theconcentrator and apron. Instead of having the apron a fixed to thecasing, it is hinged to the upper edge of the concentrator, and smallhooks or guards b are affixed to the top of the casing, which hold theapron in proper position.

In use, the device is set on the stove, and, if desired, theconcentrator may be extended out, as shown in Fig. 3,so that a greaterheating-surface will be covered, and the heat concentrated and carriedinto the casing through the openings a to the fruit on the shelves.

I do not claim the casing having removable shelves as my invention; but,

Having described my invention, what 1 claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

The combination, with the casing at, having heat-apertures a of theextensible side or heatconcentrator b, having wings I) b and apron asubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I afiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. RINEHART.

Witnesses;

JNo. W. ALBAUGH, JNo. S. GRAHAM.

